WARFARE!
Hike Your Own Hike
My husband Don is starting his Appalachian Trail (AT) hike on March 13th. He’s had this passion on his…
March 21, 2016-
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Create. Motivate. Inspire., Support5 Reasons NOT to Attend a Writing Conference
Conference season is upon us and social media is abuzz with encouragement to click a sign-up link and submit…
March 14, 2016 -
Truth Be ToldTimely
My husband knows when to walk in the door with an apple fritter. Not that there is ever a…
March 4, 2016 -
Book Reviews, Writer EncouragementGetting Reviews Part 2
Elaine Marie Cooper If you have not read Part 1 of this two-part series on getting reviews, click here…
March 3, 2016 -
Truth Be ToldUnplugged
Have you ever considered how spoiled we are by electricity. Instant light. Ready power. I remember when my husband…
February 26, 2016 -
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life, UncategorizedAll Choked Up
Have you ever tried to impress people? Given that extra effort to stand out in the crowd, to get…
February 24, 2016 -
Things Every Writer Should Know, Writer Encouragement
Getting Reviews Part 1
by Elaine Marie Cooper Many authors, both new and the more experienced, get discouraged when hunting for knowledgeable readers…
February 17, 2016 -
Create. Motivate. Inspire.
Come Out Swinging: Fighting Fear as a Writer
The writer’s life is not for the faint of heart. There are moments that are downright scary. That first…
February 15, 2016 -
A Word in Season, UncategorizedCracked Pots
Sometimes we feel like cracked pots. An old story tells of a water-bearer in India who daily carried two…
February 4, 2016 -
Uncategorized, WARFARE!
Overcome Evil With Good
I remember when I had my first Twitter shock a few years ago: I discovered that people post pornography…
February 1, 2016 -
Truth Be ToldKeep Those Batteries Charged!
I love my spin toothbrush. My teeth just feel cleaner. The other day I was surprised when it stopped…
January 25, 2016 -
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
And I Danced . . .
I recently had the opportunity to serve at the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Processing Center at Samaritan’s Purse Headquarters…
January 18, 2016 -
Writer Encouragement
Simple Acts of Kindness
Kindness is such a simple word, yet all too often it seems vacant from our speech. Perhaps it’s the…
January 5, 2016 -
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Life Happens
I am writing this post toward the end of November. Ahh, the month of November, also known as NanoWriMo.…
December 30, 2015 -
Create. Motivate. Inspire., Support
Where is Your Happy Place?
When you write, do you have a happy place? Do conditions have to be “just right?” When are you…
December 28, 2015 -
Writer Encouragement
Writers Being Thankful
I am writing this blog on the eve of Thanksgiving. Thinking about this holiday causes me to consider the…
December 21, 2015 -
Truth Be ToldPleasing Our Neighbor
Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor. (Romans 15:2, NRSV)…
December 6, 2015 -
Touching Soul and SpiritTaking Care of the Candle that is You
“Burning the candle at both ends” vividly captures the portrait of the day-to-day mêlée most of us call…
December 5, 2015 -
Create. Motivate. Inspire., Support
Take Another Look
One of my favorite drama exercises is to take a familiar object and brainstorm what that object could be.…
December 3, 2015 -
Truth Be ToldOver or Under?
Over or Under? Have you fought this battle in your house? In our home, my wonderful husband has deferred…
November 29, 2015 -
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Writing: All the Feels
If anyone tells you writing is not an emotional thing, don’t believe it. Writing can be quite the emotional…
November 25, 2015 -
Create. Motivate. Inspire.
Writers—Grab a Book!
Would you like to improve your vocabulary, fire your imagination, and learn about story structure and character development from…
November 13, 2015 -
Writer Encouragement
Writer Interruptions
There it is again—another interruption. If it’s not the screaming baby needing to be fed, it’s the dog demanding…
November 6, 2015 -
WARFARE!Out of the Heart the Mouth Speaks, Part 2
Have you ever hit “send” for an email, or “publish” for a blog post, only to realize within a…
November 5, 2015 -
Writer Encouragement
Fixing the “Flat Tires” In Our Writing
There it was—the flat tire we dreaded finding. After discovering it flat twice that week, the expected deflation was…
November 1, 2015
